Measuring bucket or vessel



A. DAVIS, JR

MEASURING BUCKET OR VESSEL March 8,1927. ,6 0,610

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MEASURING BUCKET OR VESSEL Filed Now 16. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 :2 I INVENTOR Patented Mar. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES AUGUSTINE DAVIS, JR.,

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MEASURING BUCKET OR VESSEL.

Application filed November The invention relates to welded 1neasuring bucketsor the like. One of the ob ects of the invention is to provide a vessel of this character with a novel and advantageous calibrating and indicating means lnvolv ng the Welding of an internally flanged pouring spout member in telescoped relation within a neck flange of the breast.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of theupper part of a measuring bucket embodying the invention' Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view omitting the handle and the bracket ears therefor; and

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section through the spout member.

The drawings illustrate a vessel embodying the features of the can or bucket covered by the Davis and Betts Patent No. 1,562,- 1-96, dated November 24, 1925. The shell 2 of the bucket is vertically corrugated throughout substantially the whole of its exposed portion and has an orlglnally plain, wide, upper margin 3, which is encircled by the wide, originally plain, cylindrical flange 4 depending from the inwardly and upward ly sloping breast 5, the slope of the breast being thrown into generally radial corrugations 6. The overlapping parts 3 and 4 are united by a continuous electrlc or oxyacetylene weld 7 at or adjacent the lower edge of the flange 4, making a permanent leakless joint.

As in the said Davis and Betts patent, a bead 8 is rolled outward in the belt of double thickness so as to form a stiflening projection overhanging the weld. Also, as in said patent, the upper portion of the part 3 of the shell continues upward above the bead 8 and is curved inward to form a semi-arched seat 9 for the rounded shoulder 10 of the breast. The projection of the bead 8 in the present instance, however, is greatly reduced, and the relations are so adjusted as to accommodate an internal bead 8 which intervenes between the outer bead 8 and the weld 7 and which is in ogee continuation with the bead 8. The double reverse bead in this location and relation aifords a high degree of rigidity, retains the protection of the arch 8 projecting laterally beyond the weld and the lines of the body of the vessel, the calibration of which 1c, 1925. Serial No. 69,358.

would be destroyed by dents received in service, and yet makesit possible to work to very close limits between the mean diameter of the complete can and the maximum outside diameter, the last being important in order that the measuring buckets may fit the spaces provided in tank truck equipment. 1

The breast 5 has an elliptical opening surrounded by an upstanding neck flange 11, of substantial depth. The said flange and opening are formed eccentrically with reference to the flange 4 of the breast, that is to say the forward end of the ellipse is nearer the front of the can than the rear end of the ellipse is to the back of the can. The corrugated slope (3 in consequence is steepest at the front of the breast, where it is approximately 45, and decreases uniformly to the sides, where it is approximately 33, and continues around the back with substantially this angle.

Another sheet-metal separate piece of which the bucket is composed consists of a neck and spout member 12. This member has a straight neck portion 13 of elliptical cross-section which telescopes within the straight elliptical neck flange 11. Above the comparatively short neck portion 13 the member is flared to form the generally elliptical spout portion 14. The top of this spout portion inclines upward from rear to front, and the edge 15 is rolled, this rolled edge serving at the rear to receive a locking roll 16 on the edge of an overhanging splash guard 17.

The depth of the flange 11 and of the neck 13 are such as to permit the neck of the spout member to be shifted up or down in the breast in the assembling of the bucket until a flange 18, turned inward at the lower edge of the neck 13 except at the front, where it is omitted to provide a free pouring passage 19, is positioned at the exact height of the cubical contents for which the vessel is rated. This having been determined by an exactly measured body of liquid, the spout member is then fixed in position by means of a continuous electric or oxyacetylene Weld 20, uniting the overlapping walls adjacent the upper edge of the flange 11.

In addition to this calibration feature, the neck and spout of the bucket have been designed so as to incorporate a number of features working together to improve the pouring action. These are: the elliptical cross-section which has been mentioned, the gradual curve 21 from the straight neck into the flaring spout or lip, and the. variation in the angle of flare between the pouring portion of the lip at the end of the elipse, where, as seen in Fig. 4, it is comparatively low, and the portions at the two sides of the ellipse, Where, as seen in Fig. 2, it is quite steep. The first and third of these features are designed to throw the liquid into a narrower and more circular form of stream than is the case with buckets having the ordinary form of neck and pouring lip, and the curve from the straight neck onto the lip assists in this respect by reducing the abruptness of the change of direction in the flow of the liquid as it passes from the straight neck into the flaring lip. The offsetting of the elliptical neck forwardly with respect to'the center of the cam itself also aids in producing the more nearly circular form of the stream which is delivered from the spout.

The spout is reinforced by a brace 22 comprising a strip bent to form a shank 23 and end portions 24, 25,'the latter welded respectively to the pouring lip and the breast. The corrugationsfi of the breast are omitted at the front Where the reinforcement is applied, and are likewise omitted at the opposite sides for the application of lugs 26, to which is pivoted a bail handle 27.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described in some detail, it will be understood that the invention is not necessari-lylimited to the precise form and details since modifications will naturally suggest themselves to the persons skilled in the art,

Claims to features required to be divided out from this application-are reserved for separate applications.

What 'I claim as new is:

1. In a measuring bucket, a breast having an upstanding neck flange, and a spout member having a neck portion formed with an inwardly bent calibrating flange at the bottom, said member being set telescopically into said flange and welded thereto with said calibrating flange at an ascertained level. V i

2. In a measuring bucket, an upstanding neck flange and a spout member bearing an integral calibrating indicator, said spout member having a neck telescoped with said neck flange for vertical pre-adjustment, the neck and flange being welded together.

AUGUSTINE DAVIS, JR. 

